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A Flag for Sunrise
by Robert Stone
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394407571
- ISBN 13
- 9780394407579
- Seller
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
A$77.47A$69.72
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1981. Quarter-bound in black cloth with black paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. First Edition (stated) with date on title page matching date on copyright page and printers code 11/81 on back flap. Slight fading to color on bottom of spine and boards, else fine. Signed in ink by author on title page. Age-toned unclipped ($13.95) jacket has minimal shelf wear that is protected with removable mylar cover. Robert Stone (1937-2015) was a finalist for the National Book Award five times, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice and once for the PED/Faulkner Award. His novel, Dog Soldiers, was the sole winner (NBA, 1975). Perhaps little known is Stone also won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award for his first novel, A Hall of Mirrors. This novel, like much of his work, revolves around unusual landscapes and social upheaval. In this novel three groups of Americans encounter a banana republic in Central America about to undergo civil revolution. Includes several newspaper articles about the novel. 5.75x8.75 in. 439 pg.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 250
- Title
- A Flag for Sunrise
- Author
- Robert Stone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0394407571
- ISBN 13
- 9780394407579
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 439
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Central A merican, Vietnam War
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